Postdoctoral Studies

Pat McPherson Center for Pharmacogenomics & Pharmacogenetics, Medical Research Institute Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, University of Dundee, UK, 2014-2016

M.Phil/Ph.D

Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi, Pakistan, 2013

B.Pharmacy

Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Karachi, Pakistan, 2006

Oct 2013-To date       Assistant Professor  of Pharmacology

COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Department of Pharmacy, Abbottabad campus, Pakistan

2016-To date              Honorary Associate Staff (Postdoctoral Research Assistant)

Pat McPherson Center for Pharmacogenomics & Pharmacogenetics, Medical Research Institute, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK

2014-2016                   Postdoctoral Research Assistant

Pat McPherson Center for Pharmacogenomics & Pharmacogenetics, Medical Research Institute, Ninewells Hospital & Medical School, University of Dundee, Scotland, UK

2009- 2013                  Research Officer

Center for Non Communicable Diseases, Karachi (June, 2009-June 2013)

2011-2012                   Visiting Scholar

Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge:(October, 2011- March, 2012)

2006-2009                   Research Associate

Department of Biological and Biomedical Sciences (DBBS), Aga Khan University Karachi, Karachi. Pakistan. (September, 2006- May, 2009)

I am working on large-scale leading genetic associations’ studies of South Asia (Pakistan)and European population such as, Pakistan Risk of Myocardial Infarction Study (PROMIS), Risk Assessment of Cerebrovascular Events (RACE), Pakistan Type-2 Diabetes Study, and 1000 Genome Pakistan, andGenetics of Diabetes and Audit Research Tayside Study(GoDARTS) and GOSHARE.

My expertise ranges from basic pharmacological techniques to the specialization in analysis for disease-gene association studies and Pharmacogenomics associations in experimental and observational studies including genome-wide association studies (GWAS), genome wide association meta-analysis (GWAMA). My major scientific interests center on identifying genetic architecture of complex human diseases and traits (e.g. cardiovascular diseases and drug response). My research focus is sources of inter-patient variability in drug response, particularly cardiovascular drug pharmacogenomics and disease-gene association that may be relevant to pharmacogenomics, and the influence of race/ethnicity on drug response and pharmacogenomics. The majority of my research centers around the pharmacogenomics of antihypertensive and antidiabetic drugs.